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Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
Produced by | Charlie Chaplin |
Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
Starring | Charlie Chaplin Edna Purviance Syd Chaplin Henry Bergman Charles Reisner Albert Austin Tom Wilson |
Music by | Charlie Chaplin (in 1957 released as part of The Chaplin Revue) |
Cinematography | Roland Totheroh |
Edited by | Charlie Chaplin (uncredited) |
Distributed by | First National Pictures Inc. |
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Running time
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33 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent film English (original intertitles) |
A Dog's Life is a 1918 American short silent film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films.
Chaplin plays opposite an animal as "co-star". "Scraps" (the dog) was the hero in this film, as he helps Charlie and Edna toward a better life. Edna Purviance plays a dance hall singer and Charlie Chaplin, The Tramp. Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin's brother) had a small role in this film; this was the first time the two brothers were on screen together.
Charles Lapworth, a former newspaper editor who had met Chaplin when he interviewed him, took a role as a consultant on the film.